Digawolf Reveals "Eneetii" | 'Ini' Out Oct 28

Toronto, ON – October 17th 2022- Yellowknife’s Digawolf today reveals the latest track, “Eneetii”, from his forthcoming LP Ini (Spirit) which is set for release on October 28th. The songs on Ini take the listener on a journey through the North. “Eneetii” (“Stagg River”) tells the story of muskrat hunting by canoe.

Watch/Share: Digawolf “Eneetii”

Ini (Spirit) is Digawolf’s first entirely Tlicho language album in over a decade. In writing and recording Ini over the past two years, Diga aimed to bring the language to a new level through sound. Diga built instrumentals up around the stories he was telling —partly sung and partly spoken in his distinctive gravelly voice — of celebration, beauty, gratitude, and prayer; Diga reflects on both the struggle and the rich history in the North.

English translations do not do Tlicho lyrics justice as Tlicho uses shared history, metaphor, and imagination to add nuance to every word; a brief Tlicho phrase can evoke an entire story to those who speak the language. Such a truth resonates with importance on why continuing to use Indigenous languages speaks to more than just a use of words; it is the preservation of a rich oral history held within a community.

Diga grew up in the remote community of Behchoko, the capital of the Tlicho nation, located in Canada’s Northwest Territories an hour outside of Yellowknife. His first and only language until the age of nine was Tlicho, and his songs are often inspired by his father’s stories of life on the land, as well as his own experience of navigating two worlds.